Going Green

The business of  being a Virtual Assistant or team of VAs is, by design, a vastly green and sustainable industry. Hiring a virtual assistant (VA) over a full-time employee not only helps the business owner save money and save time but also reduces daily traffic congestion, which can play a positive part in cutting carbon dioxide emissions and our nation’s dependency on foreign oil.

Choosing to hire a virtual assistant instead a single full-time employee makes more of an environmental difference than you’d think. Based on the Carbon Footprint Business Calculator at Renewable Choice Energy, eliminating just one worker’s daily 30-mile round trip commute by car is equivalent to any one of the following:


  • Avoiding 1 households’ yearly electricity use
  • Planting 54 fully mature trees
  • Reducing 13,445 miles driven by an average passenger car
  • Eliminating 1 passenger car from the road for one year

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    6 Ways Akers’ Assistants Keeps Business Green Every Day:

    Wherever possible, an Akers’ Assistant:

    1. Works from his/her home office so business travel is kept to a minimum.
    2. Utilizes phones, email, IM and/or web conferencing for client or team collaboration.
    3. Works paperless and shares data and information virtually.
    4. Uses the most advanced technology and online communication tools, which further reduce paper waste, as well as courier and freight usage (more reduced emissions!).
    5. Keeps digital files and backups over paper ones whenever possible.
    6. Uses only recycled paper when necessary, refills printer ink tanks, and uses energy star efficient light bulbs in their office

    You can feel good about partnering with Akers’ Assistants and the virtual assisting industry, which offer cost-effective efficiency and productivity to the business owner with minimal impact on the environment.

    As a nation, now is the critical time to strive for smarter and greener working solutions and to seek eco-alternatives wherever we can.  Akers’ Assistants is dedicated to using eco-friendly technology, communications and work delivery methods as much as possible. We believe that every step we are willing to take toward the preservation of our planet’s precious resources is an important one.